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Full-Thickness Skin Graft (Face, Hands, Feet)

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 15240

A surgical procedure that takes a full-thickness patch of skin, including all skin layers, from a donor area of the body and transplants it to cover a wound on the face, hands, feet, genital area, or a few other specific locations, closing the donor site directly afterward. It is used to repair skin loss from injury, surgery to remove a lesion, or other tissue damage in these areas.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Full-Thickness Skin Graft (Face, Hands, Feet) cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$794 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,202 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,318Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,570
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$977

HI $2,455DE $813

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.